TEXAS CNAS, WHAT

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The video addresses a common pain point for CNAs: low wages. By sharing personal experience and offering practical advice, the creator resonates with her target audience and encourages engagement through comments.

Summary

The creator, a CNA, discusses the low hourly pay for CNAs in Houston, Texas, and explains why she started traveling to other cities for work. She advises other CNAs in Texas to consider side hustles or private care as the pay in long-term care facilities and hospitals is often capped.

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1Questioning CNA pay in Texas
2Explaining low pay in Houston
3Reason for traveling for work
4Advice for Texas CNAs
5The need for a side hustle

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TEXAS CNAS, WHAT ARE Y'ALL MAKING PER HOUR? HOURLY PAY? LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR HOURLY DROP A COMMENT HOURLY PAY? FROM TEXAS, I HOUSTON, TEXAS. TEXAS, LIVING IN I KNOW THAT AT THESE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES, MADE. YOU OUT AT LIKE $16, $17 AN HOUR WHEN RENT THERE IS MONTH. THAT IS ANOTHER STARTED TRAVELING AS A CNA ONE, IN HOUSTON, BABY, OFF THE APPS. REASON, HOUSTON, TEXAS, ON THE APPS, MONEY PER HOUR. I DON'T KNOW USED TO TRAVEL TO AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO AND DALLAS TO MAKE MY NO LIE, OFF THE APPS, BECAUSE THEY WERE PAYING APPS THAN HOUSTON, TEXAS WAS, AND BLEW MY MIND. JUST BLOW MY MIND BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT IN HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, UM, COST OF LIVING WAS HIGHER THAN DALLAS AND I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYHOW, YEAH, APPS AS A WOULD TRAVEL FOR MY HOUSTON HOME TO DALLAS, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO, UM, A COUPLE OF I JUST CAN'T HEAD, ON THE WOULD PAY MORE. BABY, DOWN SOUTH IT'S AT, IF IT, USED TO HAVE MY, UM, MEDICATION AID LICENSE WOULD WORK ON THAT TOO. BUT IF YOU ARE IN TEXAS, POINT BLACK, IF TEXAS, YOU NEED A SIDE HUSTLE, CNA, EITHER YOU PRIVATE CARE, UM, WORK OFF THE UM, DO SOME HELL, HAVE A SUGAR MAMA, OR NO, I'M GONNA ON MY PAGE, 100 BECAUSE I IT BECAUSE I I WAS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I STARTED TRAVELING BECAUSE I WASN'T EVEN AT HOME A LOT, BECAUSE I THE APPS, RUNNING AROUND TO DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, TO PAY MY BILLS. SO, YEAH, IF TEXAS AS A CNA BABY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HUSTLE, A MAN, A WOMAN, UH, SOME HELP. SIDE HUSTLE, OKAY? THAT'S JUST IT. AND HE AIN'T NO. TAKE WHAT YOU I SAID. LISTEN, I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. IT, OKAY? AS A CNA. UH, JUST GOING TO THESE UH, NURSING FACILITIES, THAT THEY ALWAYS WANT TO CAP YOUR UH, IF YOU WHAT IS IT. THE HOSPITALS, THEY PAY MORE MONEY FOR UH, PCTS WHATEVER THE HELL THEY PAY MORE MONEY OR WHATEVER. BUT THEY WANT TO CAP YOUR TO GIVE YOU OR WHATEVER. TO WORK OVERTIME, ALLOW YOU TO EXTRA DAY OR I CAN'T ROLL WITH IT. MY BILLS AND THAT I WANT BIGGER THAN THAT SO, YEAH, I IT BECAUSE, HEY, I DON'T LIKE LIVED OR BEEN THROUGH AND EXPERIENCE I CAN SPEAK SO IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO LIVE IN TEXAS AS A CNA. I ADVISE YOU. PRIVATE CARE? PRIVATE CARE BUSINESS, SOMETHING? UM, SOME IT IS, DO TO DO SOMETHING, TO THESE LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES OR WHATEVER, IT AIN'T GONNA... I PROMISE YOU, GONNA BE BUSY SO, I HOPE AHEAD AND CLOCK Y'ALL HAVE A

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Texas might be calling your name… but that CNA paycheck might have you answering, “Hold on, let me check my bank account first!” 😂🤦🏾‍♀️ If you’re a CNA thinking about moving to Texas—or you’re a new CNA already there—PLEASE have a plan beyond that hourly wage. Depending on where you live and where you work, CNA pay may not stretch the way you expected. That’s why I’m big on having a Plan B income stream: PRN work, private-duty care, a small business, digital products, or another side hustle that fits YOUR life. You don’t have to stop being a CNA. You just don’t want one paycheck being responsible for your whole life. 💰 Before you pack that U-Haul headed to Texas… PACK A SIDE HUSTLE TOO! 😂 Follow me for more real talk about CNA life, travel CNA tips & making money beyond the bedside. 💙 #CNA#CNALifex#TexasCNAA#CNATipsa#TravelCNAASideHustle

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Texas CNAs, what are y'all making per hour? What's your hourly pay? Let me know what your hourly. Drop a comment below. What is your hourly pay? From Texas, I, Houston, Texas. Texas, living in Houston, Texas. I know that at these long-term care facilities, made. You out at like $16, $17 an hour when rent there is a million dollars a month. That is another reason why I started traveling as a CNA one. In Houston, baby, I was working off the apps. For some reason, Houston, Texas, on the apps, money per hour. I don't know. I used to travel to Austin, San Antonio and Dallas to make my, no lie, off the apps because they were paying apps than Houston, Texas was, and that just blew my mind. Just blow my mind because I thought that in Houston, you know, um, cost of living was higher than Dallas and I don't know. But anyhow, yeah, I was apps as a, would travel for my Houston home to Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, um, a couple of I just can't head, on the would pay more. Baby, down south it's at. If it, used to have my, um, medication aid license would work on that too. But if you are in Texas, point blank, if Texas, you need a side hustle. CNA, either you private care, um, work off the, um, do some hell, have a sugar mama, or no, I'm gonna on my page, 100 because I it because I, I was in Houston, Texas, and that is another reason why I started traveling because I wasn't even at home a lot, because I the apps, running around to different cities, uh, to pay my bills. So, yeah, if Texas as a CNA baby, you're gonna have to hustle, a man, a woman, uh, some help. Side hustle, okay? That's just it. And he ain't no. Take what you I said. Listen, I can talk about it. It, okay? As a CNA. Uh, just going to these, uh, nursing facilities, that they always want to cap your, uh, if you what is it. The hospitals, they pay more money for, uh, PCTs, whatever the hell they pay more money or whatever. But they want to cap your to give you or whatever. To work overtime, allow you to extra day or I can't roll with it. My bills and that I want bigger than that. So, yeah, I it because, hey, I don't like lived or been through and experience. I can speak. So if you are planning to live in Texas as a CNA, I advise you. Private care? Private care business, something? Um, some it is, do to do something. To these long-term care facilities or whatever, it ain't gonna... I promise you, gonna be busy. So, I hope ahead and clock y'all have a